Stock-trough



(No Model.)

P No. 416.307.

' J. W. TITUS.

STOCK TROUGH.

Patented Dec. 3, 1889.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN W. TITUS, OF EOKERTY, INDIANA.

STOCK-TROUGH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 416,307, dated December 3, 1889. Application filed May 10, 1889. Serial No. 310,246. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN W. TITUS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Eckerty, in the countyof Crawford and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Stock- Trough, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to stock-troughs of that class in which a feed-box and wateringbox are combined in one and the same device; and the invention consists, broadly, of an open frame-work and one or more boxes hinged to one of the side rails thereof, said boxes having internal horizontal partitions, whereby each is divided into upper and lower sections, the one containing water and the other to contain feed, all as hereinafter speci- Inthe accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which the same letters of reference are applied to corresponding parts throughout, Figure 1 is 'a plan view of my device, showing two boxes, one being represented as standing at the interior of the frame and the other'turned over, so as to stand at the exterior thereof. Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings, the letter U designates the uprights or posts of a suitable frame-work, and the letter H the horizontal side top bars thereof, said bars being secured at their ends to the tops of said uprights and the latter connected at suitable points by transverse horizontal end bars E. Although I have shown and described this frame-work as built upon or set in the ground independently of other connections, and although I prefer this construction for many reasons, still, if desired, the manger or the feed-trough proper in the manger may serve as such framework by adapting the remaining parts of my device in size and shape to conform thereto.

The letter B designates the trough proper of my improved device, and said trough consists of a tight box of rectangular cross-section and divided transversely across its vertical center by a horizontal partition P, whereby the box 13 is divided into two portions, the upper portion IV being adapted for use as a watering-trough and the lower portion F as a feed-box. It will be understood that both the upper and lower ends of the box B are open, whereby they form months or open ends of the watering-trough NV and feed-box F. Against each end of the box B, I screw, bolt, or secure in any preferred manner a bar R, having an eye 0' in its free end, and through the front horizontal top side bar H, I provide no bolts L, having nuts N on their lower ends and having L-shaped upper ends Z, adapted to engage the eyes 0' in the bars R, whereby said bars are pivoted thereon.

Along the rear face of the box B, I secure a cleat 0, below which the body of the box is beveled or rounded inwardly, as shown at V, for a purpose hereinafter set forth. Below the front side bar H, through which the bolts plemental bar S. The partition P is secured around its edges by screws or nails, and is, of course, made water-tight by calking or by the use of any suitable packing. I prefer to use the portion marked IV for water, because the partition P at its front end is braced and sustained to a considerable extent against and by the inner face of the beveled or rounded port-ion V, and the charge of water that this half of the box will contain will be somewhat heavier, and hence require a greater degree of strength to support it than the charge of feed which the portion F would contain. The upper portion W having been used, the box B is turned upon its pivots, so that its body stands outside the frame, in which position the upper (and now) rear corner of the body will rest against the outer face of the supplemental bar S. In the act of so turning the box the water remaining in the portion W will of course be poured out, and the little that adheres to the sides and bottom thereof will gradually run and drip out of the same,

so that this portion will soon be dry. I might here mention that the use of the portion \V for water is further advisable, because when the box is so turned on its pivots and the water poured out of said portion \V such water may be easily drained or carried away from the entire device in a trench T, which may be dug in the ground and led to a suitable sinkhole or sewer. After the box B is so turned over the portion F, which is then uppermost, may be used for feed, and because it has never been moistened by water the feed will not stick to the sides thereof. \Vhen the box is again turned back into the frame, the refuse feed will drop through said frame out of the portion F, thereby keeping the latter always clean.

\Vhen this device is used in a manger or is built in a stall, it is preferably formed across the front thereof, with the supplemental bar S toward the head of the animal, in order that the latter may stand close to the frame to drink from the portion \V, or may step back to eat from the portion F.

It will be understood that the device may be made of a number of small boxes or sections independently pivoted at their front edges, as for use across the head of a number of sheepstalls, or in one continuous section, as for use forswine. A pipe I, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, may be led from a pump, hydrant, or suitable source of supply to a point over the rear edge of the box, and there provided with a faucet f for supplying water when desired; but I lay no claim to this feature.

I'ClZLllll as the salient points of my in vention 1. The combination of the frame having the parallel horizontal top bars, the box having a transverse partition forming an upper and lower compartment, said box having only one of its sides hinged to one of the parallel bars and having its opposite side free of any connection and inclined inward below the partition, whereby it is enabled to clear the other parallel bars, substantially as described.

2. The combination,with a f rame-work having parallel horizontal top bars H and a horizontal supplemental bar S, secured in said frame-work below the front top bar II, of the box B, open at its upper and lower ends, the transverse partition P therein, and hinges secured to the vertical center of the front face of said box and pivotally connecting the latter to the upper top bar H, substantially as described.

3. The combinationnvith a frame-work having parallel horizontal top bars H, of a feedbox B, hinged to one of said top bars, and a cleat C, secured to the opposite face of said box and adapted to rest upon the other top bar, said face being cut away or beveled below said eleat to permit the turning of the box on its hinges, substantially as described.

4. The hereindescribed box B, of rectangular erosssection and having its ends open, the rear face of said box being beveled or cut away from its vertical center to the lower end of the box, and the transverse horizontal partition P, secured within said box, its rear edge engaging the rear face thereof along the upper edge of the bevel, in combination with a frame-work, and hinges pivotally connecting said box with the frame-work, the whole adapted for use as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN W. TI'llTS.

\Vitnesses:

JOHN STEWART, LEWIS L. THOMPSON. 

